Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock (UK Parliament constituency)

Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock in Scotland for the 2005 general election.
Subdivisions of Scotland	East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire
Current constituency
Created	2005 (2005)
Member of Parliament	Sandra Osborne (Labour)
Created from	Ayr, Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
Overlaps
Scottish Parliament	South of Scotland
European Parliament constituency	Scotland

Ayr, Carrick, and Cumnock is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 2005 general election from parts of the old Ayr and Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituencies.

Boundaries

Approximately two-thirds of the former Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituency was attached to a third of the marginal Ayr seat to form this new Westminster constituency. Ayr is a muddled mix of council estates and affluent middle-class areas. Added to the town is an expanse of left-wing former mining villages. The rural parts of Carrick and the coastal areas have supported Conservative candidates in local elections.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2005	Sandra Osborne	Labour

Election results

General Election 2010: Ayr, Carrick, and Cumnock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Osborne	21,632	47.1	+1.8
	Conservative	William Grant	11,721	25.5	+2.4
	SNP	Chic Brodie	8,276	18.0	+4.9
	Liberal Democrat	James Taylor	4,264	9.3	-4.8
Majority			9,911	21.6
Turnout			45,893	62.6	+0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.3

General Election 2005: Ayr, Carrick, and Cumnock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Osborne	20,433	45.4
	Conservative	Mark Jones	10,436	23.2
	Liberal Democrat	Colin Waugh	6,341	14.1
	SNP	Chic Brodie	5,932	13.2
	Scottish Senior Citizens	Donald Sharp	592	1.3
	Scottish Socialist	Murray Steele	554	1.2
	Socialist Labour	James McDaid	395	0.9
	UKIP	Bryan McCormack	365	0.8
Majority			9,997	22.2
Turnout			45,048
	Labour hold		Swing